From real fish to metaphors, day 29 of the federal election campaign takes an aquatic turn.
Labor is forecasting $154 billion dollars in savings from the budget changes it's proposing, but the Coalition isn't buying what Labor is selling.
"There is something very fishy about Labor's figures, and there is something very fishy about Labor's ability to manage money," Prime Minister Scott Morrison warned.Cutting energy prices Having dismissed Labor's costings as an illusion, the Coalition turned its attention to energy prices. It's a historically fraught area for the Coalition, having most recently toppled a prime minister thanks in part to his approach to renewables.It wanted to talk about the future and the 25 per cent cut it was promising to electricity bills within three years.While the wholesale energy price is largely paid by commercial and industrial customers, the Energy Minister said he expected the reduction would be passed on to households.
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